How do you envision Christianity in 100 years?

Question

Will it disappear to a few small fundy groups, will it grow? will it stagnate or evolve, will adapt to modern science or shun it? What do you think?

Answer 1

I think it will have evolved similar to what happened after the Protestant Reformation, or the Great Awakening. Hopefully, the church of tomorrow will be more accepting and non-judgmental... we shall see.

Answer 2

The antichrist may be a'coming soon ... eek.
Actually, I don't know if that is so. Wtith all the tension over Israel though, I can see it might be time the man of lawlessness is finally allowed to come.

But I think there will be some great missionary efforts, directed by the Holy Spirit, before the end comes. There will be probably be a stronger element of the supernatural in these comings of the lost into the Kingdom of God. Some will be in some tough areas, so there will be some very unpleasant persecution.
...Japan
...India
...Mohammedan countries
...Europe
...China

Africa, China and South America may become the most populous and mission-oriented centres of christian faith. Hopefully us Euros will get over our world-weariness and seek God once more.

Answer 3

Assuming the anti-Christ doesnt come, the church will be alive and well. Part of the great thing about Christianity is that it ALWAYS grows theologically and in response to science every generation.

Science will always continue to be laughable in many ways because it is a reflection of mans own wisdom and understanding, it is very limited. Think of how primitive we would view the science of the 14th century. Then think of how THEY would view the science of the 1st century. And meanwhile when they were all toiling with their sciences, Gods truth has been the same for 2000 years and is the wisest and finest the galaxy knows.

Answer 4

The main organized religions will be crushed in a deluge of scientific information.

The vast amount of information the Internet makes accessible makes it EXPONENTIALLY harder to keep a child sheltered enough for them to become the 'fundy of the future.' I know the Internet had a large role in turning me away from Christianity and back to atheism, and I can only imagine that it will play an even bigger role in that in the future, for millions and millions of people.

When you're a child, you can be convinced to believe the absurd if it's drilled into your head enough, and by enough people. But now, with the Internet, which is growing at an astonishing rate, parents and others who would want to keep their kids as 'dumb and dependent' as they are don't have a chance. The sheer amount of information out there is what squashes superstitions.

Answer 5

I'd guess the fundy groups will be doing all right for themselves, it's the mainline that will be dying. I think the US will slowly go in the direction of Great Britain, where the default is a mild agnosticism instead of the US's casual Christianity.

Answer 6

Christianity is ever expanding. I'm part of the Lord's Recovery. Recovering people back to the Christian faith. It started with 15 british men, 20 years ago. There are now a phenomenal amount of followers, including 30 million in China.

Answer 7

i think it will get more and more divided into sects and denominations, since it has been doing for the last 200 years. there are many jehovas witnesses and other sects growing more and more. i think within a hundered years, Islam and Christianity will be almost equal in terms of population, athiests will increase, along with scientology. these organised religions will never fade out completely, because they offer spirituality and salvation, which science does not.

as human beings, we all crave to know what will happen to us once we die and religion gives us hope of living in a better place, which athiesm and scientology does not. thats why most organised religions will last a long time.

peace out

Answer 8

I think the most vocal and resistant to change will stagnate and fall by the wayside. I worry that more fundamental extremist groups will begin to act out from their paranoia and persecution complex and begin to commit heinous acts...

That is unless of course aliens happen to visit and tell us they genetically engineered us, but I don't foresee that happening.

Answer 9

Sad to say, I think it will expand into something terrible and controlling, especially around the time of the Rapture. Hense why I stay away from Christianity. I prefer Spirituality...no religion involved.

Answer 10

I think it will shrink away into small fundamentalist groups. I think Islam will take a similar route, though. I think Atheists/Agnostics will make up the majority of the population in the future.